---
title: ".hushlogin"
url: https://perrotta.dev/2025/10/.hushlogin/
last_updated: 2025-10-02
---


When you create this file on macOS:

```shell
% touch ~/.hushlogin
```

New shells spawn without noisy ([hush!
hush!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BBsF7VIQyo)) login messages.

[Nelson](https://nelson.cloud/quick-tip-mute-the-terminal-login-message-with-a-.hushlogin-file/)
illustrates it with a couple of screenshots.